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Quanta Services

Builds and repairs power grids and utility networks

Sourcing Specialist - EPC/Utilities

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRemote in USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Three to ten or more years of sourcing or procurement experience supporting electric utilities, power generation, or EPC projects.
  • Strong knowledge of transmission and distribution materials, including overhead and underground infrastructure components.
  • Familiarity with substation equipment, such as breakers, capacitor banks, and related electrical infrastructure.
  • Hands-on experience managing requests for quotations, requests for proposals, competitive bids, supplier evaluations, and commercial negotiations.
  • Ability to review engineering drawings, material requirements, bid packages, and commercial agreements.
  • Experience evaluating supplier proposals, identifying commercial risks, and negotiating favorable pricing and terms.
  • Vendor management, relationship-building, communication, and organizational skills.
  • Ability to work across multiple projects while managing deadlines and shifting priorities.
  • Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Lead competitive bids, requests for quotations, and requests for proposals for large-scale materials and equipment supporting transmission and distribution engineering, procurement, and construction projects.
  • Review client requests for proposals, engineering designs, specifications, and material requirements to develop comprehensive bid packages.
  • Identify, evaluate, prequalify, and engage vendors capable of supporting complex infrastructure projects.
  • Evaluate commercial proposals, negotiate competitive pricing and contract terms, and deliver cost-effective sourcing solutions.
  • Analyze bids, assess commercial risks, compare supplier capabilities, and present recommendations to project leadership.
  • Validate material quantities, ensure sourcing accuracy, and support compliance with project requirements, including Buy American and minority- and women-owned business enterprise provisions.
  • Partner with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Project Management, and Supply Chain teams to deliver results.
  • Manage competing priorities, anticipate sourcing challenges, and support critical project milestones.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in transmission and distribution or electric utilities is strongly preferred; candidates with relevant sourcing experience in other EPC industries will also be considered.
  • Established relationships with utility manufacturers, suppliers, or equipment vendors.
  • Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure construction projects.
  • Familiarity with material estimating, procurement compliance, and supplier prequalification.

About the Company

Quanta Services

Builds and repairs power grids and utility networks

Quanta Services builds, upgrades and repairs the power lines, substations, pipelines and communications networks that utilities, power producers and large energy users rely on. It runs its own training school, Northwest Lineman College, which prepares workers for electric line work at campuses in several states. Quanta works through regional operating companies that handle engineering, construction, storm restoration and routine upkeep for their customers. Clients pay under long-term master service agreements for ongoing work and under fixed-price or cost-based contracts for large projects. Quanta was founded in 1997 by combining four electrical contractors and is based in Houston, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Houston, TX
Founded
1997

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